# aasta
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), possibly borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, age”), or from earlier *ajeka and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ajuka- (“time, eternity”); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.
Cognate with Finnish ajastaika, Ingrian aastaika, Livonian āigast, Võro aastak, and Kukkuzi aastaika. Equivalent to ajast +‎ aeg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑːstɑ]
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* Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
* Hyphenation: aas‧ta

### Noun

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)
* (time) a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)
    mis aastal sa oled sündinud? ― what year were you born?
    head uut aastat! ― happy New Year!
    Synonym: aastaring
** a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment)
    viimasest haigushoost on möödunud kaks aastat ― two years have passed since the last illness
** (only in compounds, honorific) the best (something) of a calendar year
    aasta album ― album of the year
    aasta õpetaja ― teacher of the year
* (age) a year of one's lifetime; years old
    poiss on juba seitse aastat vana ― the boy is already seven years old
    kirikul on vanust üle 1000 aasta ― the church is over 1000 years old
    välimuse järgi otsustades on ta umbes neljakümnendates aastates ― judging by his appearance, he is in his forties
    Synonym: eluaasta
** (inessive, in the plural, aastates) for years
    astates papi vaarus kepi toel trepist üles ― for years papi climbed the stairs with the support of a cane
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#### Derived terms

* eluaasta (“year of life”), poolaasta (“semester”), õppeaasta (“academic year”)
* head vana aasta lõppu (“Happy New Year”)

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: aasta

### References

* aasta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “aasta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːstɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːs̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑːstɑ
* Syllabification: aas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Estonian aasta (“year”).

#### Noun

aasta (dialectal)
* (Southwest Finnish) Alternative form of ajastaika

#### References

* “aasta”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 2022-10-08.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

aasta
* elative singular of aa
    Kerro minulle kaikki, aasta ööhön.Tell me everything, from A to Z.

### Anagrams

* saata, sataa, tasaa

## Võro
### Noun

aasta (genitive aasta, partitive aastat)
* Alternative form of aastak